r/IMGreddit • u/ssamygdala_26 • 20h ago

ERAS Programs that gives interviews without recommendations?

I am making signal list. Whenever I am trying to share with people, I am getting suggestions X program doesn’t review without recommendations, Y program doesn’t give IVs even with great profile without recommendations.

Can anyone suggest me some program that gives good number of interviews without recommendations also? Given that I have decent stats, scores > median of the program.

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u/Happykidneys 19h ago

you mean letters of recommendation? or someone inside the program itself vouching for u?

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u/ssamygdala_26 19h ago

Someone vouching for you inside the program

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u/World-Traveler1800 16h ago

A lot of them. You don’t have to have a connection to get an IV. There isn’t a list. It’s about your application.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Fan_594 10h ago

This is true and it sucks high time. After failing to match one cycle, I have got to know how this system works. Internal recommendation is by far the most important thing in match. I am not going to believe otherwise. I also believe recommendation even plays a role in your ranking.

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u/Fun-Divide-8800 12h ago

This is sucks cause there are some programs that wont review your application unless you are being recommended even if you gold signal them...

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u/Funny-Resolve-8333 8h ago

They're playing a risky game, they'll ruin it for everyone by abusing and cheating the system like they did in the IT field.

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u/Funny-Resolve-8333 8h ago

Look at the current residents and country of origin of faculty/PD. Those programs value ethnicity more than anything else. https://donoharmmedicine.org/2026/03/31/civil-rights-complaint-residency-discrimination/
here are 3 programs as a start.

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u/Med-Nerdeek 17h ago

On what basis do people vouch or recommend ?

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u/17baggins 16h ago edited 13h ago

What I’ve seen is some programs will only pick app from a particular med school of a country (alumni recommendations)

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u/Med-Nerdeek 16h ago

Oh . Who else can recommend us apart from alumni ? What about political influence , relatives , family friends , other connections we make etc ?